Cyprus insists it has no Milosevic cash

THE GOVERNMENT said yesterday it had ascertained that neither former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic nor members of his family had any bank accounts in Cyprus.

Spokesman Michalis Papapetrou told his daily press briefing that the government had in the past urged anyone in possession of concrete evidence of such a fact to submit it for investigation. No one had come forward, Papapetrou said.

Commenting on recent media reports that Milosevic or members of his family had channelled capital worth million to Cyprus, Papapetrou said: “The Republic of Cyprus has not located any such cases, has not located any account in Milosevic’s name or of members of his family in Cyprus”.

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